Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22243, Asa Foster, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Foster, Asa.
S. 22 243
CONTENTS

Asa Foster 28. 546
Private papers of his day Ames D.
Wm P. M. Warner House of Reps

State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss, On this fifth day of January A D 1832, personally came before me Samuel Green an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature in said State, Asa Foster resident in Pembroke in said County of Merrimack, aged eighty years, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 vizt
That he enlisted as a Volunteer in the service of the United States in the revolutionary War, at Pembroke in said County of Merrimack, in the month of December 1775 for six weeks, & immediately marched to Winter Hill in the State of Massachusetts, & there served out the six weeks, when he was regularly dismissed but received no written discharge, that he is unable to state with confidence the names of the Officers under whom he served said six weeks, but thinks the Col o s name was Wingate
That he again enlisted in said service at Pembroke aforesaid in July 1776, for the term of six months, & marched directly for Charleston New Hampshire, then called N o 4 from thence went to Mount Independence & Ticonderoga - served the six months, & was then regularly dismissed, but did not receive a written discharge, that during this term of service, according to the best of his recollection, the name of his Capt was Barns, his Lieut Col o , Connor & his Major Bakers
That he has no documentary evidence of said services & knows of no person living who can testify to the same except Joseph Farnum of Concord in said County of Merrimack, who he believes can verify the latter term of service, as he was in the same Regiment, & were well acquainted with each other, he having married said Farnums sister
That he was born in said Town of Pembroke in the year 1752, according to his best knowledge & belief, but knows of no record of his age - that from he left the service he resided the first thirty years in said Pembroke, then four years in Meredith N o Hampshire & a short time in Cornish Vermont

then in Bridgewater State of Pennsylvania until August 1831 when he returned to said Pembroke where he now resides That Enoch Coffin & Ephraim Farnum residents in Concord the Town adjoining said Pembroke have been well acquainted with him for many years & can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Witness Joseph E West
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first within mentioned Before me Sam l Green Afs d Jus tice
And I the said Samuel Green do hereby certify it as my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states, & I do further certify that Enoch Coffin & Ephraim Farnum above named have been well known to me for more than forty years last past, that they are persons of undoubted veracity & their statement entitled to full credit. I also certify that in consequence of the Applicant's absence in the State of Pennsylvania as he has stated, he is unable to avail himself of the evidence of the Clengyman of said Pembroke  that State , he having been settled there during said absence. I also add that the Applicant appears to me to be unable from bodily infirmity to attend any of the courts of record in the County in which he resides — Sam l Green Afs d Jus tice

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office Jan'y 5. 1833 }
The above named Samuel Green is a Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature of said State, duly constituted and sworn and his signature as such genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the Seal of said State.
Ralph Metcalf Secretary.

Asa Foster 28. 546
Private papers of his day Ames
Wm P. M. Warner House of Reps

21-9-75 New Hampshire to Pennsylvania - Asa Foster of Manchester in the State of New Hampshire who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Heale of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wugate in the New Hampshire line for 7 1/2 months — " —
scribed on the Roll of New Hampshire the rate of 25 Dollars (00) Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Dec 1833 — and to M c Naughton M c . Ho. of Rep s
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. '33 $ 62.50 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th '34 12.50 $ 75.00
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by G. C. Atty Clerk, Book E Vol. 1. Page 83
20 E 20
See Transf. Cir. to Pen. agts 17- Sept 1834
Transf d to Pennsylvania from 4 th March 1834 - Sept 26 th 1834 -
27.66 5
50.50 62

N. Hampshire
Asa Foster
21.995
Transfer
Rec d Sept 17 - 1834

21.975
APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
State of Pennsylvania, ————— County of Susquehanna, ss.
On this Ninth ————— day of September 1834 1833 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Susquehanna — personally appeared Asa Foster — who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Barns — in the Regiment  Battalion commanded by Lieut. Colonel Samuel Connor — in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Hampshire from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State ( District, or Territory, ) of Pennsylvania — — — where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The follow- ing are his reasons for removing from New Hampshire — to Pennsylvania — viz. He has three children residing in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, and has come to reside with them.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } Asa Foster the day and year aforesaid. } David Post Justice
¶ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrates, whose official character and signature must be certi- fied by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. ¶ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.

State of Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County ss 3 Personally appeared before David Post Esquire one of the justices of the peace, in and for the County of Susquehanna, Daniel Foster of said County aged forty years - and being duly sworn doth depose and say that Asa Foster, (the father of Respondent) who has taken the within Oath, is the same person described in the within affidavit.
Daniel Foster
Subscribed and sworn to by the respondent Daniel Foster who I certify to be a man of veracity - this 10 th day of September, AD 1834.
David Post of Penna
State of Pennsylvania ss Susquehanna County ss
I Asa Dimock Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that David Post Esq. before whom the within & above affidavits purporting to have been taken, is a justice of the peace in and Susquehanna County, duly commissioned and qualified as appears of record, and that the signatures to the attestations of
said affidavits, purporting to be his are genuine. Witness My hand and Seal of Office, at Montrose the 12 th day of September AD 1834.
Asa Dimock Pro

Providence
22 243 INVALID.
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File No. 22, 243
Ada Foster
Br Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 145
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Pension Bureau
RR
Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Miss Foster for Transfer to from H. A. Penn.

FREE
Pension Bureau
Wm Lloyd J. L. Edwards - Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.
Asa Foster for Transfer to from H.R. Penn.

Madison Post
Geo. M c Caump Acting Comm r . of Pensions
Asa Dimock Esq. Montrose Penn a
17m 17c

Wadsworth Flt.
Geo. M c Cauley Acting Comm r . of Pensions
Asa Dimock Esq. Montrose Penn a
1 Jan 1851

Free James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Portsmouth Sept 22 1834
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 17 th inst. requesting to be informed to what time Asa Foster a pensioner was last paid. I find that he has been paid up to March 4 th 1834-
I am very respectfully your obedient servant David Waldrone Pa. Agent

Farm for Foster

I Ephraim Farnum of Concord in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire aged 61 years, do hereby certify, that, I have been personally acquainted with Asa Foster of Pembroke in the State & County aforesaid for more than forty years last past. Said Foster being the same person named in a declaration hereunto annexed made before the Hon. Ward Green ap o Jus. of the Supr. Court of Judicature in and for said State on the fifth day of January A.D. 1833- for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress of 7 th Jan y A.D. 1832. that he is a man of undoubted veracity, that I believe him to be of the age he represents, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & to have served as he states & I concur in that opinion —
Ephraim Farnum
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. Be it known that on the first day of February A.D. 1833 before me Joseph Law Notary Public in and for said State personally appeared Ephraim Farnum & subscribed the foregoing Affidavit & thereupon made solemn oath that the same is just & true —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the State & County aforesaid the day & year above written
Joseph Law Notary Public
I certify that, the above named Ephraim Farnum is a credible & disinterested Witness
Joseph Law Notary Public

I Joseph Farnum of Concord in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire aged ninety two years, do hereby certify that I entered the service of the United at Concord aforesaid in June or July 1776 for six months under Capt Shepard & I think the Col o . name was Wymen & marched directly to Concord & served very time out except a few days on account of sickness. And I further certify that I was well acquainted with the late Foster now of Pembroke in the State of aforesaid, who was a private soldier in the same Reg t . but not in the same Company & I then understood that he was engaged for the same term of six months. I was stationed at Concord & the said Foster on the opposite side of the lake at a place called Mount Independence, about one mile distant I distinctly remember of going over a Mount Independence to see the said Foster he being sick that while I left the service I was well & my brother came after me & carried me home & according to my best recollection the said Foster was then in the service & he did not get home until some time after I did. I was well acquainted with the said Foster before the Revolution & have been ever since, he having married my sister — I further certify that immediately after the said Foster returned from Pennsylvania, which was in the summer of 1801. I had conversation with him respecting his Revolutionary service & in particular the service at Concord & he then told me that his Capt s . name was Barns —
Witness P. C. Wells
Isaac Dorr
his Joseph X Farnum mark
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss. Concord N.H. Feb. 19. 1833
Then personally appeared, before the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Joseph Farnum above named, who has been well known to me for more than fifty years last past as a man of undoubted veracity & made solemn oath that the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed is true and was
Isaac Dorr Jus of the Peace.

State of New Hampshire Sunday: Office Feb. 19. 1853
The within named Isaac Dow is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Merrimack, duly constituted and sworn and his signature as such Justice. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of the same Ralph Murray Secretary.

to be true.
I Enoch Coffin of Concord in the County of Merrimack & State of New Hampshire, aged 77 years, do hereby certify, that I have been personally acquainted with Asa Foster of Pembroke in the State & County aforesaid for Fifty years last past. the said Foster above named, being the same Person named in the declaration hereto annexed, made before the Hon. David Green, also Justice of the Sup. Court of Judicature in and for said State, on the fifth day of January A.D. 1832. for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th June A.D. 1832, that he is a man of good reputation for truth & veracity. that I believe him to be Eighty years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution & I concur in that opinion.
Enoch Coffin
State of New Hampshire Merrimack
Concord N.H. Feb. 11 th 1832
Be it known that, on the day above written before me Joseph Sow Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared Enoch Coffin above named who is a credible & disinterested witness and subscribed the foregoing affidavit & thereupon made solemn oath that the same is just & true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the State & County aforesaid the day & year above written.
Joseph Sow Notary Public